The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser one.

  • -- D. H. Lawrence 劳伦斯

真正的艺术家不会用不道德代替道德。相反,他总是用更高尚的道德来代替更粗俗的道德。

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We're taught Lord Acton's axiom: all power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I believed that when I started these books, but I don't believe it's always true any more. Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals.

我们学过阿克顿勋爵的格言:所有的权力都腐败,绝对的权力绝对腐败。当我开始写这些书的时候,我相信这一点,但现在我不再相信这一点了。权力并不总是腐败的。权力可以净化。我相信关于权力总是正确的是权力总是揭示。

Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science.

虚荣的科学。物理科学的知识不会因为我在苦难时期对道德的无知而安慰我,但道德知识将永远因为我对物理科学的无知而安慰我。

The artist needs but a roof, a crust of bread, and his easel, and all the rest God gives him in abundance. He must live to paint and not paint to live.

艺术家只需要一个屋顶,一块面包,一个画架,以及上帝赐予他的一切。他必须为绘画而活着,而不是为活着而绘画。

True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does.

真爱存在于不存在的地方,你找不到它;存在于爱存在的地方,你也不能否认它。

An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

艺术家从不走在时代的前面,但大多数人却远远落后于他们的时代。

I learned a lot about morality from fiction, from movies.

我从小说和电影中学到了很多关于道德的东西。